जम्बुद्वीप [ jambudvīpa ] [ jambu-dvīpa ] m.the central one of the 7 continents surrounding the mountain Meru (= India Lit. Buddh. ; named so either from the Jambu trees abounding in it , or from an enormous Jambu tree on Mount Meru visible like a standard to the whole continent) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.

जलतरंगिणी [ jalataraṃgiṇī ] [ jala-taraṃgiṇī ] f. a series of cups filled with water in varying quantities and played on as a musical inistrument by striking them successively with a wand or light hammer, Lit. MW.

of an Asura (produced by the contact of a flash from Śiva's eye with the ocean , and adopted by the god of the waters ; called from having caught the water which flowed from Brahmā's eye) Lit. PadmaP. v , 141 ff. Lit. LiṅgaP. i , 97

जलराक्षसी [ jalarākṣasī ] [ jalá-rākṣasī ] f.N. of a female demon (mother of the Nāgas who tried to prevent Hanumat's crossing the straits between the continent and Ceylon by attempting to swallow him ; he escaped by reducing himself to the size of a thumb , darting through her huge body and coming out at her right ear) Lit. MBh. iii , 16255

जलशय [ jalaśaya ] [ jalá-śaya ] m. " reposing on water (i.e. on his serpent-couch above the waters , during the 4 months of the periodical rains and during the intervals of the submersion of the world) " , Vishṇu Lit. L.

जलशयन [ jalaśayana ] [ jalá-śayana ] m. " reposing on water (i.e. on his serpent-couch above the waters , during the 4 months of the periodical rains and during the intervals of the submersion of the world) " , Vishṇu Lit. L.